The CW announced that John Barrowman will be joining the cast of Arrow as a regular next season. Barrowman previously was a guest star on the series, playing dark archer Malcolm Merlyn. While Stephen Amell's Oliver Queen presumably killed Merlyn during season one's finale, it was revealed that Merlyn survived and was the father of Oliver's sister, Thea Queen (played by Willa Holland). Merlyn reappeared at the end of the season and left Starling City with his daughter, presumably to train her on how to be a supervillain.

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